In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cretingham like this:
CRETINGHAM, a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; on the river Deben, 4¼ miles WSW of Framlingham r. station. It has a post office under Wickham-Market. Acres, 1, 638. Real property, £3, 077. Pop., 343. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £173.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there are charities £51.
Cretingham through time
Cretingham is now part of Mid Suffolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Suffolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cretingham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cretingham in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7111
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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